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<h1>Combine</h1>
<p>Combines multiple database files into a single database file.</p>
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<p><strong>Parameters</strong></p>
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<dt>input database files</dt>
<dd>The input database files.</dd>
<dt>combine type</dt>
<dd>The way in which to combine the database files.</dd>
<dt>output  database file</dt>
<dd>The output database file that contains all the input data.</dd>
<dt>detect data types</dt>
<dd>An optional mode that automatically changes the data types in a column based on the values it contains. This mode is usueful if the data will be processed further using  mathmatical operations.</dd>
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<tt class="descclassname">uiDBFmerge.</tt><tt class="descname">dbfmerge</tt><big>(</big><em>ifile1</em>, <em>ifile2</em>, <em>ofile</em><big>)</big></dt>
<dd><p>Creates a single DBF file that contains both input DBF files.</p>
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